Stop valve for steam or other fluids and liquids



June; 30, 1931. H. MASON 1,812,104

sToP' VALVE FOR STEAM OR OTHER FLUIDS AND LIQUIDS Original Filed Nov. 24, 1926 mm Hfl/Qow Lwa L L Mason,

Patented June3O 193 1" minor-in" L'YALL' MAson, or nonpoiv, E uGr ANDf v QsrroPv LVE-FOR 01?. mu -amp YANDIYLIQUIDIST ofigmai application filea vwmtet ze aze, Seria 1 No. 150, 59Q,and in GreatiBritainDecember 1, 1925. 1 Divided. andithis ap lic tionfileaaugust ae, 1929.. Serial-No. 388,168

I This application a division of iny-appli;

cation. for stop valves foristeam or other fiuidsf and liquids ,fil'ed 24th of November 1926, Serial N0.1 5 0,590 I, 1 is Y 5 This invention relates to stop valves ;for

steam and other fluids'and liquids. v V The invention while applicable to valves in general, is very suitable for a known class typifiable by [the construction wherein the 16 fluid or liquid passage iscontrolled by a pis-. ton which is designed to constitutethe valve propen'is'assembled in a cylindrical boring of the valvecasingfand is packed by elastic rings inserted in metering in spaced relation effected byial'rigid annular member hav ing openings in it 's wall composing apart of thefiuid or! liquid passage, the innermost ring 7 being positionedb'etween a seat in the dia- 7 :phrag'm or"bridge-of the valvecasing and the fl cor'responding'end offthe annular member,

andtheotherringbeingpositionedbetweenthe adjacent end of theannular member and a gland attheouter iend oftheflborin'g. Thus the rings "are simultane usly] adjustable to tighten or slacken them through thea'gency of the gland and the interposed. annular meme be'r, the said annularmember serving the dual purpose of a distance-piece to the rings and a pressure-transmittlng meansto one of them; a

'An object of the present invention is to provide; a valve se'atingmember whichav'oids distorting influences and is adapted to ac commodate itself tothe 'valve in'co-operating .;the'rewith.' f '7 i Another object of the present invention is I. to provide a simple method of removing the working and wearing parts from the valves of the above and other types and offreplacing them without'trouble or disturbance to other A further objector invention istosup ply' a packing un'iticomprising' an 1 annular member designed fto' receive and carry thev packing proper in single or multiple form;

i'tu ee i ie is rtow pa i1. gvor w me e suehling imp idtyi s p tn $1T tY of app a qns re in h e holly displacing'the seating member'and its 1, 1 employ a casing comprising a chamber 10 "and two'cylindrical portionsfll andv 12 inp 7' 'tegral' therewith. and projecting centrally thus, in other words, thisfmember may con-T T1115 invention consists in we ersteam andiother liduids having anan'nular. seating'member in the form'of a'ring or] w'asher supported and renderedfluid'tight V V-gland that when the glandis loosened or opened pressure on the seating member a by movement, of the valve member ,beyond th closing position is capable'of partially or supporting packing; g c a p v i r The accompanying drawings illustrate the application of the invention to two forms of valve, in sectional elevation;

Fig-'1 shows one form; Fig. Qfshowsa modification] 1 g According to one arrangement, inthe form of a vertical structurewhereinthe valveproper isofthe solidpiston type; as shown inFig.

thereof; one at the top and the other at the bottom in axial alignment;

'iTh'ese cylindrical portions 1i arid'12, whih g it .fo'rrn extensions of th elch'amberlO, communiccate directly withthe chamber '10 equipped with thelcustomary bridge or diaphragm13 for dividing the outlet'and the irileticonnec:

ti'ons 14-and 15 respectively, of the casing, The internal diameter of the extensions 11 and 12 is greater than that .of the piston 31 and of the spindle 16, which projects through 'and'. beyond-the upper extension' ll whose 1 endis designed to form a stufling box18and'a, glandv'4 0 wherethrough the spindle 16pm: jec ts foroperation in known fashionias de- I picted [at 119.1 The; diaphragm or bridge 2 l3 1 of thechamber'lO has the usual boring 2l l whichismade concentric with and1 of la1'ger e I p diameter thanthepiston 31. The boring- 21 -I isjoftwodiameters, that at thetop being the a f smallerjsothata shoulder 23 results inter mediate of its ends. The purpose Oi this v 'sh0u1der'23isto constitute an abutment to body.

31 on the spindle 16 is adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the end of the member 25 to closeand open the connection.

For maintaining a fluid-tight oint between the piston 31 and the member 25, the member 25 is provided with packing 32 of suit-able kind. Similarly, for maintaining a fluid tight joint between the annular member 25 and the cylindrical extension 12 of the casing, packing 33 is inserted. It will thus be seen that on appropriately operating the closure 27 at the end of the under extension 12 of the chamber 10, both sets of packing 32 and 33 are simultaneously adjusted to tighten or slacken-them, and that the annular member 25 and its allied packing ring or rings 32 form'a unit; packing structure capable of various application in all kinds of valves.

The end of the piston 31 and the end of the annular member 25 with which it co-operates are of the same diameter, but immediately beyond this end the piston 31 is increased in diameterso that the piston 31 is provided with a flange or collar forming a continuous shoulder. The'co'llar or flange 35 is adapted to function as a valve simultaneously withpiston 31. The flange or collar 35 is formed with a init-red head, one part 36 of which is adapted to co-act with a seat 49 provided on the washer 2-il, hereinafter referred to as an independent member, associated with the packing member 25.

In operation in the position illustrated, the piston 31 and the head 35 operate simultaneously as a common valve, whilst when it is required to renew the packing, the plug 27 having been withdrawn the spindle is operated to press the valve downwardly which has the elfect of depressing the ring 24: and loosening the packing.

It will thus be seen that I thus provide in this :torni of the invention, an annular member 24 in the form of a ring or washer forming the end oithe pacl zing unit and abutting'on the diaphragm 13 of the valve, the hole thereof being slightly enlarged to allow of the ring or washer overlapping the opening 21. By forming projection 35 on the piston 31 which forms the valve member,

when the lower gland 27 is loosened erremoved, and by continuing the closure of the valve beyond the normal point, the packing rings 32, 33, in the body of the valve can be loosened and wholly, or partially removed,

thus dispensing with the use of a special tool for the purpose and effecting the removal of the packing rings 32, 33, without the need of removing the operating spindle or the body of the valve from their places. Moreover the invention is also applicable to the packing unit for piston valves as described in my patent specification No. 1,715,665.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 2, the packing ring 32 of compressible material acts as a seating for the piston and as a backing for the annular seating washer 243, in order to prevent the passage of fluid round or behind it. Flange or collar 35 is seated at 49 on ring 2 1 so that when the stuthng box 18 and gland 40 are removed a pull from the lower side of the valve will easily cause the valve to eject seating 49 and packings 32 33 Here again a very easy and certain way has been provided of changing valve and seating or taking them out for inspection in a short time, even after a very long service.

In most features the structure resembles that in the previous case.

The casting comprises a chamber 10 and cylindrical portion 11 integral therewith with the customary bridge or diaphragm 13 for dividing the inlet and out-let connections 1& and 15 respectively of the casing. The internal diameter of the extension 11 is greater than that of the piston 31 and of the spindle 16 which projects through and beyond the upper extension 11 which is provided with a stufiing box 18 and gland 40 wheret-hrough the spindle 16 projects for operation in known fashion. The diaphragm or bridge 13 of the chamber 10 has the usual boring 21 which is made concentric with and of larger diameter than the piston 31 Th'e'boring 21 is of two diameters, that at the bottom being smaller so that a shoulder 23 results intermediate its ends. The member 25 is applied within the extension 11 by insertion from its end; collar 35 is formed with a mitred head 36 part of which is adapted to co-act with a seat 49 provided in the washer 24 theindependent member associated with the packing'32 What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A valve for steam and other fluids having an annular seating member in the form of airing or washer supported and rendered fluid tight by an adjustable yielding packing compressible from without and forming the end of the packing unit and abutting on the diaphragm of the valve, the opening in the diaphragm being slightly enlarged to allow of the seating ring or washer overlapping the opening, the annular seating member and packing being so disposed relativeito a. gland that when the gland is loosened or opened pressure on the seating member by movement in a direction of the valve member beyond its closing position is capable of partially pressure on the seatingmember by move- Y ment of the valve member in a downward direction beyond its-closingpositionsis ca-' pableof partially or wholly displacing the seating member andits supporting packing, h a

or wholly displacing the seating member and 7 its supporting packing. I y l 2; A valve for steam and other fluids havpackingbeing sodisposed relative to a gland that when the gland isloosened or. opened pressure on the seating member by movement towards the gland of the valve member beyond its closing position is capable of partially or wholly displacing the seating member and 'its supporting packing. a

' 3. A valve for steam and other fluids having an annular seating member in the form of a ring or washer supported and rendered fluidtight by an adjustable yielding packing compressible from without and forming the end of the packing unit and abutting on the diaphragm of thelvalve the opening in the diaphragm being slightly enlarged to allow of the seating'ring or washer overlapping the opening, the annular seating member and packing being so disposed relative to a gland that when the gland is loosened or opened the annular seating member being of the same Widthjas the packing ini-a direction transverse tothe axis of the. spindle of the valve when the packing" is uncom pressed.

c 4. A valve for steam and other fluids having anv annular seating member in the form of a ring-or washer supported and rendered fluid'tightt by an adjustable yielding packing compressible from without and formingthe end of the paoking unit and abutting on the diaphragm of the valve, the openingin the v diaphragm being slightly enlarged to allow of the seating ring or washer overlapping the opening, the annular seating member and packing beingso .disposed relative to a gland I that when the gland is loosened or opened I pressure on the seating member by movement of the valve member beyond the closing po-- sition of the valve member iscapable of par-2 tially or wholly displacing the seating member, the seating member being retained v position-by pressure from-thesgland;

In witness whereof I affix. my

HAROLD LYALL V-MASON.

signature. 

